Dreaming the First

[philip_charming]

Warnings: TAUNTINGS and DISNEY under the cut!
Dream Effects: Shocked surprise at first, fading to tenderness- and then a precipitous fall into miserable despair, gradually hardening to bitter determination
Note: While this is no happy dream, it's also not a Moon Cycle nightmare; no illness shall be forthcoming.

Comments

[Action]

[cursedtosleep]

[As Phillip and Aurora did not share a room since they were not yet married, Aurora only heard the scream from her room on the second floor. She jolted awake and hurried down to her betrothed room.]

Phillip! Phillip what's wrong!

[Action]

[philip_charming]

Aurora! [He was panting heavily, trying to catch his breath; that nightmare shook him up but good.]

Oh, thank goodness... Just a horrible dream...

[Action]

[cursedtosleep]

[She came over to him, and sat on the edge of the bed.]

Did that dream really happen? Did she really do that to you? [She blushes at her betrothed being shirtless. She turns her head although her hand has linked fingers with his.]

[Action]

[philip_charming]

[He shuddered all over, trying to shake off the lingering feeling of his dream.] Felt like I was back there... Like even dead, all the future would hold was her horrible cackling...

[So, that would be a 'yes', then.

Feeling Aurora there, her fingers entwined with his own, Philip's eyes finally focused properly on her properly- and with a sigh of soul-deep relief, he moved to take her into his arms upon the instant. He just needed to feel her there, to know that she was safe and awake and real...]

Thank you, my darling. Thank you so, so much.

[Action]

[cursedtosleep]

[Oh! Shirtless hug! Aurora blushes deeply but... she gently wrapped her arms around his shoulders. She shivered at the feel of his skin under her hands but making him feel better came first. She rested her head on his bare shoulder.]

[Action]

[philip_charming]

[It's something of a measure of Philip's distress that the gorgeous body he was pressing up against wasn't the focus of his mind. No, all he was focusing on was her presence in his arms, breathing in the smell of her hair, the sensation of her arms around him as well...

And gradually, bit by bit, the tension gradually drained out of his taut shoulders and left him closer to peace.]

[Action]

[cursedtosleep]

[Aurora smiled warmly as she could feel the tension leave his shoulders. Her poor love. She moved and gently caressed his cheek.]

It was just a nightmare. [She kissed him.] We're together, I'm not going anywhere.

[Action]

[philip_charming]

Oh, thank goodness. [Philip gave a slightly haggard smile before kissing her back, slow and lingering and ever so tender.

When at last they finally broke the kiss, he looked down at her with cherishing eyes and stroked her hair back, before any words would come.] I surely hope you're not going anywhere without me, darling. You're the only one I want to spend my forever with.

[Action]

[cursedtosleep]

[She moved to rest her forehead against his while shaking hands rested on his bare chest. She had never touched a man's chest before, but if she were the first time should be her betrothed's right? Aurora smiled as she was in his arms, her fingers curling against his skin.]

Mnn, that's the only place I want to be, with you.

[Action]

[philip_charming]

[Philip smiled, his hands moving slowly over her back even as her fingers touched so soothingly against his skin. He hadn't quite realized the compromising nature of their situation yet, even though the knowledge was starting to percolate in his subconscious; right now he just enjoyed the comfort he was feeling.]

Anywhere is a chance for happiness, so long as I'm with you.

...Anywhere...

[Aw crud, that got him thinking again. Philip, what have you been told about doing that!

Even so, he pulled his forehead away from her own that so that he might meet her gaze with serious eyes.] You know, as bad as that dream was, it just made me realize something that I should have figured out long ago.

[Action]

[cursedtosleep]

[She was rather enjoying the touch of his skin. Aurora hoped that Phillip didn't think her too forward. However, it was more important that he feel better. At his last comment she blinked.]

What did you realize, my love?

[Action]

[philip_charming]

[He smiled at her question, hands tightening on her back to pull her in for a long, gentle kiss...

And let her go once the kiss was released, moving suddenly to flip back the covers opposite where she sat and slide out of bed. (Alas, he IS wearing sleeping pants.) Rounding the foot of the bed before she could rise, Philip instead sank to one knee before his love and reached for her hand.]

This place may not be real, my beloved. It might be no more than a dreaming fancy before the morn, and any minute we might awaken at home with our families. But that is no reason to put our lives on hold.

Awake or asleep, it doesn't matter in the slightest; I don't want to spend either without you by my side. Please, Aurora, will you make me the happiest man in Somarium or out?

Will you marry me?

[Action] 1/?

[cursedtosleep]

[When he pulled out of the kiss she wanted to protest lightly. His kisses always put her in a wonderful sort of hazy glow. As he pulled away she watched in surprise. What was he doing?]

[Action] 2/?

[cursedtosleep]

[And then, he knelt in front of her.]

[Action] 3/5

[cursedtosleep]

[She listened and her heart was soaring again. She heard his question.]

[Action]

[cursedtosleep]

[Her arms wrapped around him as she held on tight to him.]

Yes! Oh yes yes yes! A million times yes and a million more!